[Guide] Working with VMware Workstation 8 Clone Feature
One of the key VMware Workstation 8 feature is to Clone Virtual Machines running in VMware Workstation & vSphere hosts. Also you can check VMware Workstation 8 Remote Connections Feature. But for this cool feature there is one disadvantage that "You cannot make a clone of a virtual machine or snapshot that is powered on or suspended". But for small deployment its very good feature.
There two types of clone in VMware Workstation 8,
1. Linked Clone - A linked clone is a refrence to the original virtual machine and requires less disk space to store. However, it cannot run without access to the original virtual machine.
2. Full Clone - Full Clone is mostly used to clone full virtual machine. A full clone is a complete copy of the original virtual machine at its current state. This Virtual Machine is fully independet, but requires more disk space to store.
So, Which one you prefer? I always prefer "Full Cole" -:)
So lets get started..
As discussed above, "You cannot make a clone of a virtual machine or snapshot that is powered on or suspended" So turn off the Virtual machine.
Right Click on Virtual machine which you want to clone & Navigate to the Manage-> Click on Clone,
At Welcome screen Click on Next to continue,
Select "The Original State in the Virtual Machine" as a Clone state, even you can select existing snap shots for cloning,
I am going to create "Full Clone" of my Virtual Machine, so select it & click next..
Set destination Virtual Machine Name & Location,
Now Cloning has started, it will time according to your original Virtual machine size. For my test ESXi 5 cloning it take just 3 Minutes. :)
Now Clone has completed, click on "Close" complete the cloning.
As you can see my VM has cloned.. Enjoy this new feature of VMware Workstation 8.
There two types of clone in VMware Workstation 8,
1. Linked Clone - A linked clone is a refrence to the original virtual machine and requires less disk space to store. However, it cannot run without access to the original virtual machine.
2. Full Clone - Full Clone is mostly used to clone full virtual machine. A full clone is a complete copy of the original virtual machine at its current state. This Virtual Machine is fully independet, but requires more disk space to store.
So, Which one you prefer? I always prefer "Full Cole" -:)
So lets get started..
As discussed above, "You cannot make a clone of a virtual machine or snapshot that is powered on or suspended" So turn off the Virtual machine.
